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Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006
OLATHE,
Kan. – University of Saint Francis inside linebacker Brian
Kurtz has been named NAIA National Defense Player of the
Week for the second time this season for his play in the
Cougars’ 21-20 win at Geneva College on Saturday, Nov. 11.
Kurtz, who on Monday was named Mid-States Football
Association Mideast League Player of the Week for the fifth
time this season, becomes the second player from USF to win
the award twice in the same season. USF wide receiver Jeremy
Dutcher was NAIA Offensive Player of the Week twice in 1999.
USF QB Jeremy Hibbeln was selected once in 2000 and once in
2001. USF LB Jason Coriano won once in 1999 and once in
2001.
Kurtz
and Dutcher are the only two players in MSFA history
starting in 1995 to earn the honor twice in the same season.
Cougars, Kurtz had nine tackles, five solo, one pass broken
up and the game-clinching interception at the USF 20 in the
No. 1 Cougars’ 21-20 win at Geneva College on Nov. 11. He
also made a block that helped fellow linebacker Dustin
Westafer ramble for a 57-yard TD with a first quarter
interception. And the Bishop Luers grad also caught a 4-yard
game-tying TD pass from QB Eric Hooks in the fourth quarter
against Geneva.
This
is a USF best sixth time Kurtz, a 2006 Pre-season Victory
Sports Network All-American and 2005 NAIA first-team
All-American, has won the weekly conference tribute for his
football career at USF.
The
Cougars, who have won 51 consecutive regular season games,
open NAIA Championship Series first round action on Saturday
at Bishop D’Arcy Stadium at noon against No. 16 Walsh. USF
defeated then No. 3 Walsh University on Nov. 4 21-7 for
their 50th consecutive regular season win in a
row. USF finished at No. 1 team in the NAIA Top 25, its
third week in a row at No. 1.
USF NAIA Players of the Week
1998
-- Kiante Lindsay, RB
1999 -- Jeremy Dutcher, WR (twice); Jason Coriano, LB
2000 -- Jeremy Hibbeln, QB
2001 -- Jason Coriano, LB; Jeremy Hibbeln, QB
2002 -- none
2003 -- Chris Bramell, QB
2004 -- none
2005 -- Paul Carter III, DB
2006 -- Brian Kurtz, LB (twice)
-- GO USF --
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